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[BlankAccount]

Welp, I'll grab the celery pictures.

[LSD Jellyfish]

Japan may dump radioactive water from Fukishima back into the Ocean.

[Spirit Ghidorah 2010]

Trump's National Security Advisor John Bolton is now out of the White House.

Wow, he'll be the 455th person to leave the Trump administration. You know, everytime someone "leaves" the White House, a group of Oompa Loompas should appear and sing about the dangers of greed, war-mongering, and stupidity.

In other news, the price of oil per barrel has dropped since he spun the revolving door.

[LSD Jellyfish]

Trump's National Security Advisor John Bolton is now out of the White House.

Wow, he'll be the 455th person to leave the Trump administration. You know, everytime someone "leaves" the White House, a group of Oompa Loompas should appear and sing about the dangers of greed, war-mongering, and stupidity.

In other news, the price of oil per barrel has dropped since he spun the revolving door.

Is anyone from his original staff still present?

I'm glad though. Dude had a horrible mustache.

[mikelcho]

MOUSE jumps into fryer at whataburger

Video is here. TRIGGER WARNING.

Poor thing. I hope that it was swift.

[MandaSaurus]

MOUSE jumps into fryer at whataburger

Video is here. TRIGGER WARNING.

Poor thing. I hope that it was swift.

I thought it was funny...

As we have actually eaten at Whataburger, my wife did NOT...

( still funny )

[Orichalcum]

I thought it was funny too, I think I made a joke about it but the mods deleted it lol

[G2000]

Houthi drone attack on major Aramco refinery cuts Saudi oil production in half

Hamza Bin Laden, widely seen as potential successor to father Osama in al-Qaeda, confirmed to have been killed by US forces last month

Levels of highly potent greenhouse gas sulphur hexafluoride have been rising as an unintended consequence of the expansion of "green energy"

what the fuck have you brought upon this cursed land

Humorously enough the night I posted that I ran into the first (to my knowledge) Godzilla x Madison fic
Luckily it's not anywhere near that Loch Ness mess but even so

[Orichalcum]

There's a fanfic where Millie Bobby Brown fucks a Godzilla?!

That's messed up.

[G2000]

Luckily no, at least not yet, though I'm not hopeful for the future

Added in 4 hours 50 minutes 9 seconds:
US and Saudi officials now investigating possibility that today's attack may have been conducted by cruise missiles launched by Iran or Iranian proxies in Iraq rather than Houthi drones, as US Secretary of State Pompeo directly blames Iran

While I don't want to sound alarmist, part of me expects this to turn into a full-blown Saudi-Iranian confrontation

[Spirit Ghidorah 2010]

Trump Administration finalizes plans to open Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling.

Shill, baby, shill.

[G2000]

Oil prices rise 15% after attack on Saudi refineries, while President Trump authorizes release of oil from US Strategic Reserve

United Auto Workers call national strike against General Motors, the first since 2007

[MandaSaurus]

So, who gives a rip about CO2 when sulphur hexafluoride is 23,500 times more globally warming? Carbon footprints, my azz...

[BlankAccount]

So, who gives a rip about CO2 when sulphur hexafluoride is 23,500 times more globally warming? Carbon footprints, my azz...

It's sad to say but more pollution comes from corporations than the general masses, and while I think most average joes and janes actually give a damn about the environment, a lot (not all) but a lot of corporations don't care about the environment and reducing the toxins they unleash.

[Spirit Ghidorah 2010]

So, who gives a rip about CO2 when sulphur hexafluoride is 23,500 times more globally warming? Carbon footprints, my azz...

Because the proportion of SF6 in the atmosphere vs CO2 is so ridiculously low that it offsets any increased warming capabilities. As illustrated in this study by the American Geophysical Union: "We estimated the future concentration of SF6 at 2010 to be 8 and 10 pptv based on two projected emission scenarios. The corresponding equilibrium warming of 0.0035°C and 0.0043°C is to be compared with the estimated warming due to CO2 increase of about 0.8°C in the same period."

In other words, the combined CO2 effects are projected to be at least ~186 times greater than that of SF6.

[LSD Jellyfish]

So, who gives a rip about CO2 when sulphur hexafluoride is 23,500 times more globally warming? Carbon footprints, my azz...

Because the proportion of SF6 in the atmosphere vs CO2 is so ridiculously low that it offsets any increased warming capabilities. As illustrated in this study by the American Geophysical Union: "We estimated the future concentration of SF6 at 2010 to be 8 and 10 pptv based on two projected emission scenarios. The corresponding equilibrium warming of 0.0035°C and 0.0043°C is to be compared with the estimated warming due to CO2 increase of about 0.8°C in the same period."

In other words, the combined CO2 effects are projected to be at least ~186 times greater than that of SF6.

On top of that, it appears the release of this chemical, is accidental/leakage, as opposed to things regularly outputting it. Additionally, while the practical use of this is to prevent electrical fires, I wonder if moving forward there is something we can use to replace it.

I really hate this weird defeatist logic (that big gas companies love) where any sort of negative aspect of clean energy is overblown, and that it’s some sort of secret. I really hate also this defeatist attitude with,”I guess we are all fucked anyways”.

[Rhedosaurus]

Trump Administration finalizes plans to open Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling.

Shill, baby, shill.

Because buying oil from the Saudi's and having them funnel money to various terrorist foundations is better? Fracnking and oil drilling in recent years have made us far more energy independent from having such an unreabile ally. This would only help towards that.

Besides, China is FAR more resposible for all the eco-damage done nowadays.

[Terasawa]

It’s time the government starts seriously exploring clean energy solutions instead of Middle Eastern oil, offshore drilling, and fracking.

[Rhedosaurus]

It’s time the government starts seriously exploring clean energy solutions instead of Middle Eastern oil, offshore drilling, and fracking.

Not saying I'm against that, but clean energy is still FAR away. Remember Solindra and how that went of out business despite being subsidized? Like it or not, oil will still be the fuel source for the next 40-50 years or so.

[Terasawa]

Maybe it is far away but that doesn’t invalidate my point that this country needs to start that process today. I neither expect nor ask for immediate abandonment of fossil fuels, but the longer the government delays, the more damage we do to the planet.